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N++ won't keep custom styles

Michael P
2009-08-19
2012-11-14
  • Michael P

    Michael P - 2009-08-19

    Hi, I spent a good chunk of this morning googling this problem and I can't find an answer anywhere. Any help would be much appreciated!!!

    The problem is this:
    -I open N++.
    -Open Style Configurator.
    -Modify a style (Plastic Code Wrap for example).
    -Save & Close Style Configurator
    -After editing files, I then close N++.
    -Then reopen N++.
    -N++ shows the selected style (Plastic Code Wrap), but it doesn't include any of the changes I made in my previous session.

    This has happened several times now and I don't have a clue why. I tried looking through all the temp folders and appdata folders to find where N++ stores my current style config while the program is open so maybe I can manually cut & paste the data into the standard file it loads on start, but I found nothing. All the files I found would not change if I changed something in N++ S.C.. I would open up the Plastic Code Wrap XML file and edit all the HEX colors manually, but it's a pain to do that because N++ only shows the RGB numbers through the windows dialog and It will just take a long time...

    Please tell me why it doesn't work or what I'm doing wrong? What good is "Save & Close" if it only saves for that session?

    I'm running Windows 7 RC build 7100 if that helps at all.

    Thanks to everyone for any information!!!

     
    • Michael P

      Michael P - 2009-08-19

      Thanks SO MUCH!!! I don't know why I didn't try it (blinded by frustration I guess), but THANK YOU!!!

      The "Run-as Administrator" worked perfect! There is even a setting where you can permanently have a shortcut R/A/Admin. I also turned off UAC, but I don't think that affected anything.

      Thanks Again!

       
    • cchris

      cchris - 2009-08-19

      My gut feeling is that your settings are saved on a different account than the one you expect. Does disablin UAC help? If so, then tricking Windows 7 via a launch using Run as... will help. Another possibility is that Notepad++ attempts to write to %APPDATA% and Win 7 blocks that. Try putting all the configuration besides Notepad++.exe perhaps.

      Nort tested, my XP machine still works :-)

      CChris

       
    • Michael P

      Michael P - 2009-08-19

      Thanks SO MUCH!!! I don't know why I didn't try it (blinded by frustration I guess), but THANK YOU!!!

      The "Run-as Administrator" worked perfect! There is even a setting where you can permanently have a shortcut R/A/Admin. I also turned off UAC, but I don't think that affected anything.

      Thanks Again!

       
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